1. Mr. Rauber 6 th grade Social Studies

2.  Capital city (Tenochtitlan- population 200,000) was located on an island on Lake Texcoco where present day Mexico City  Used floating gardens called “chinampas” “chinampas”  Raised maize (corn), beans, squash, flowers, avocados, tomatoes, peppers, turkeys, geese, ducks, and dogs

3.  Civilization centered on warfare, and if you died in war it was a great honor  Conquered by the Spanish in the 1500’s by Hernan Cortes  The Aztecs The Aztecs

4.  Located in the mountains of Peru, Colombia, Ecuator, N. Chile, and NW Argentina  Used terraced gardens that prevented erosion and irrigation canals to grow potatoes, maize (corn), and a grain called quinoa(used for its edible seeds that is closely related to beets, spinach, and tumbleweeds)terraced gardens

5.  Made stone roads throughout the empire  Had a messenger system that helped the empire spread news  Machu Picchu was a city located about 8,000 feet above sea level  Lost City of the Inca Lost City of the Inca

6.  Located in modern day Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belieze, S. and E. Mexico  Lived in dense jungles  Slash and burn tactic of farming, also farmed on flood plains  Farmed corn, sunflower seeds, and cotton  Spread out and stopped building massive temples (over 6 million descendants today)

7.  Were very smart people, had a concept of zero, a calendar of 260 days (sacred days) and a 365 days (based on the sun)had a concept of zero  Had a written language called hieroglyphs hieroglyphs  Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire  Mayan Encounter Mayan Encounter